July 22, 2009 - It's been more than two years since Nintendo launched WiiWare, opening up the idea of smaller, more experimental games for a lower pricetag that you can download straight to your console. Since WiiWare debuted, there have been more than a hundred different offerings made available to consumers of all shapes, sizes, categories, genres and prices.
Of course, with so many games available, looking at the Wii Shop Channel may get a little overwhelming. And with so many games available, the hit to miss ratio is a little, shall we say, expansive? We've already broken down our choice of the absolute top ten WiiWare games in our constantly evolving list, but this week we though we'd spotlight five "can't miss" and five "must miss" games.

June 8, 2009 - With this week's additions to the Nintendo DSi Shop and Wii Shop Channel, fun truly comes in all shapes and sizes. A new Mario vs. Donkey Kong title on Nintendo DSiWare features miniature versions of the world's most famous video game icon, while a pair of fresh WiiWare releases invite players to wield a fishing rod or storm a sprawling battlefield. For king-sized thrills, the latest Virtual Console offering lets players don the boots of one of the world's biggest warriors.

May 14, 2009 - WiiWare has been pretty depressing lately. For weeks and weeks we've been getting nothing but super lame family party games. The drought is over, though, as Ronimo Games has delivered one of the best games for Nintendo's downloadable service. These are the guys that created the original concept for de Blob, and their first console game, Swords & Soldiers, is quite impressive. You may have played your fair share of real-time strategy (RTS) games, but unless you played Grim Grimoire on PlayStation 2 you probably haven't experienced a side-scrolling RTS. And even if you have, I bet you haven't played a side-scrolling RTS with ninja monkeys. That's what Swords & Soldiers brings to the table. It's almost enough to make me forgive WiiWare for Family Pirate Party.

March 31, 2009 - With the Wii having a controller that makes pointing and clicking a breeze, it's just unbelievable to realize that realtime strategy games have yet to thrive on the platform. Where are the Command & Conquers, the Warcrafts and Starcrafts? We're waiting guys. And while we wait, we'll be playing Sword & Soldiers. This upcoming WiiWare title is not quite the traditional RTS fare, but based on our early play from a version demoed at Game Developers Conference, the team's definitely onto something unique for Wii owners.